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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Sardis library tea Tyler County Rabies Clinic Page 2 INNformer Page 3 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 10 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 May 18, 2017 Sistersville Council considers ATV registry SISTERSVILLE – There may be some changes coming for ATV owners in the city of Sistersville. During their regularly scheduled May 8 meeting at the fire hall the council mem- bers heard a proposal by Sistersville Po- lice patrolman Anthony Lauer to develop a registry of ATVs used within the city limits. “We are having a lot of kids riding them and we are getting noise complaints,” Lauer explained. “Kids being kids, they are flying down the roads.” The preliminary proposal would have owners show proof of insurance, which is required by West Virginia for use o f ATVs on roads, when registering with the city. They will then be issued a reg- istration sticker, which must be dis- An afternoon fire May 12 destroyed a garage on Sellers Road in Middlebourne. “I drove by and played on the machine. saw there was smoke and fire coming out of the garage,” said Tom Myers, 42, of Clendenin. “We Following a discussion about what the went and knocked on their door and alerted the residents.” While the garage was destroyed, the proposed age requirements should be to home sustained only minor damage.The Middlebourne, Sistersville and Shirley Volunteer Fire operate on public streets, the council de- Departments responded to the scene, with Paden City Volunteer Fire Company on standby. cided to refer the matter its Public Safety Committee, with the first reading of the proposed ordinance scheduled to be Sistersville’s water samples issues explained heard during the June council meeting. Council also agreed unanimously to a SISTERSVILLE – The city’s chief water plant operatorhappened and what we did to correct the situation,” the notice , proposal by S & S Engineering to pro- Stephen “Craig” Surface, has his hands full these days. stated. ceed with the development of the prelim- inary engineering report on the The city was missing the annual 2015 report for lead/ copper; wastewater system. This report, which In addition to keeping Sistersville’s aging water plant opera- will include a survey of the existing tional, he has to deal with the paperwork headaches he inher- the monthly coliform and choline residue report for Septem- ited when he took the job in September 2015. ber, August and July 2015; the 2nd and 3rd quarter 2015 Total wastewater collection and treatment sys- “I was working full time for Paden City,” Surface said. “I was Organic Carbon/ Alkalinity report, and three quarterly reports tem, is the first step in identifying the for 2016, 4th quarter of 2015 and 3rd quarter for 2014 for Tri- problems and possible solutions for the asked to come in to cover for the previous operator while he aging system. halomethanes/ Haloacetic Acids were either missing or sam- went on vacation. Instead, he moved to North Dakota and never came back.” ples taken from the wrong location. “The first thing in any project is the pre- liminary engineering report. It is the “I had no monitoring report and had no idea what had been The latest issue for Surface is an order that the municipality foundation and is most important,” sent in or not sent in,” Surface explained. “There was no pa- inform customers that Monitoring Requirements were not met Jessie Parker of S & S Engineering, said. perwork, notes or contact with the previous operator.” He for the water system. “We don’t know what we are going to added that the incorrect location for the samples was a result “Our water system violated drinking water monitoring require- of him not being given the correct location. get into yet.” ments within the past year. Even through these were not emer- The original report is available on the city’s Facebook page or S & S Engineering also proposed rolling at city hall. gencies, you as our customers, have a right to know what Continued on page 5 Veterans memorial park planned for pink building site By Charles Winslow added to exterior walls but the holes on the outside MIDDLEBOURNE – Soon the eyesore on Main Street were never closed, so the birds were able to get in. in Middlebourne will be gone and replaced by a me- The wood-framed building, originally the Swan and morial park. Jamison Grocery, was constructed in the early 1890s. In the 1930s through the 1950s the building was a drug During their May 8 meeting, the Middlebourne Town Council voted to approve the purchase of the unsightly store and ice cream parlor and later Keller’s Fountain, and deteriorated pink building located across from the a popular hangout for Tyler County High School stu- Dollar General store and down the street from the Tyler dents. County Courthouse. For a commercial building, it had an unusual Victorian Gothic design, which featured pointed arch windows, “The sills are rotted,” Mayor Charlie Delauder ex- giving it the appearance of a renovated church. During plained, adding that starlings are living in the walls. During a previous renovation, blown-in insulation was Continued on page 4 INDEX Clarington VFD 3 Oil & gas news 5 2017 Legislative roundup Sardis library benefit 2 Regional roundup 3 Events 6-11 WV bill tracker 12-14 Tyler County Rabies Clinic 3 High water woes for ferry 4 Classified ads 10 Local lawmakers’ bills 15
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